German tourdates for Finnish act Cats on Fire:

03/28 - Schaubude, Kiel w/Staring Girl
03/29 - Roter Salon, Berlin
03/30 - Grüner Jäger, Hamburg
03/31 - Groovestation, Dresden
04/01 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig

magnet's new album "The simple life" has been confirmed for a Norwegian release on march 26. Listen to two tracks at myspace: myspace.com/magnet" target=_blank>https://myspace.com/magnet

magnus Uggla appears to beon a campaign to anger Sweden's Polish population: https://www.thelocal.se/6561

Swedish post-rockers Ef have a new live video posted online: myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2011494618" target=_blank>https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2011494618

Phil Freeman extols the virtues of Swedish viking-metallers Amon Amarth: m/article_ektid34551.aspx" target=_blank>https://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid34551.aspx

120 Days's video for "C-musik" is now online: m/video/120_Days-C-musik.mov" target=_blank>https://www.vicerecords.com/video/120_Days-C-musik.mov

This week's top 20 Swedish student radio chart:

01. (01) Lily Allen - Littlest things
02. (03) The Ark - Absolutely no decorum
03. (05) Asha Ali - Coward heart
04. (02) Tingsek - Proud to be part of these days
05. (06) The moonbabies - War on sound
06. (07) Badly Drawn Boy - A journey from A to B
07. (04) Regina Spektor - Samson
08. (08) Sahara Hotnights - Cheek to cheek
09. (09) Joss Stone - Tell me about it
10. (12) The Kooks - Ooh la
11. (11) The Shins - Phantom limb
12. (14) Pelle Carlberg - I love you, you imbecile
13. (NY) maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
14. (18) Cold War Kids - Hang me up to dry
15. (15) Amerie - Take control
16. (NY) The Long Blondes - Giddy stratospheres
17. (NY) The mary Onettes - Void
18. (NY) Grinderman - No pussy blues
19. (NY) Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the experiment
20. (ÅT) marit Bergman - mama I remember you now

Leaving the chart:
The Pipettes - Judy
The Concretes - Oh no
Koop - I see a different you
Kleerup w/Robyn - With every heartbeat
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Desecration smile
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Satan said dance

Nomethod has confirmed the release of the new mixtapes & Cellmates album for march 21. A release party will be held the very same evening at Landet in Stockholm. Release dates for other territories (EU/Italy) still TBC, but it looks like may for Japan. In related news, the "If there is silence..." EP is officially sold out (though I still m/store/product.php?productid=387">have a few copies) and will not be repressed. Instead, Nomethod will rerelease it bundled with their debut EP "Juno" as a new limited edition disc. Look for it in may.

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Askil Holm - Harmony Hotel
02. Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance
03. Sondre Lerche - Phantom Punch
04. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
05. Ane Brun - Live in Scandinavia
06. William Hut - Nightfall
07. Øystein Sunde - Sundes verden
08. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
09. Bjørn Eidsvåg - Nåde
10. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Hallelujah - Live
11. Somebody's Darling - Walls
12. Herodes Falsk/Tom mathisen - De beste
13. Skambankt - Elixir
14. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
15. Blind Archery Club - The Union
16. marit Larsen - Under The Surface
17. 120 Days - 120 Days
18. Tungtvann - 96% Tungtvann
19. Ole Ivars - Jag trodde änglarna fanns
20. Pleasure - Pleasure 2

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. Timbuktu - Oberoendeframkallande
02. Erik Segerstedt - A different shade
03. Caroline Af Ugglas - Joplin på Svenska
04. Sophie Zelmani - memory loves you
05. Salem Al Fakir - This is who I am
06. Weeping Willows - Fear & love
07. Lena Philipsson - Lena 20 år
08. Lasse Stefanz - 40 ljuva år!
09. Calaisa - Calaisa
10. Veronica maggio - Vatten & bröd
11. Nisse Hellberg - Snackbar blues
12. Laleh - Prinsessor
14. Säkert! - Säkert
15. Fläskkvartetten - Voices of Eden
16. Jill Johnson - The woman I've become
17. Östen med Resten - 19 bästa och resten med Östen
18. moneybrother - Pengabrorsan
19. martin Stenmarck - Nio sanningar och en lögn
20. Anna Ternheim - Separation road

Tigerbombs have updated their myspace with four new songs from their forthcoming album "Things that go boom", including two tracks that feature guest vocals from Paola: myspace.com/tigerbombs" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/tigerbombs

Aversionline reviews Aerial's "The sentinel", one of my favorite albums so far in 2007: m/blahg/2007/03/01/aerial-the-sentinel-cd/" target=_blank>https://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2007/03/01/aerial-the-sentinel-cd/

The new moonbabies album "moonbabies at the ballroom" is now confirmed for a march 21 release in Scandivia via Startracks/V2 and may 29 in the US via Hidden Agenda/Parasol. Once again, check out the video for the single "War on sound": m/watch?v=iv9oAulmgCI" target=_blank>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv9oAulmgCI

Listen to the Thomas Öberg (Bob Hund/Bergman Rock/Sci-Fi Skane)/Graham Lewis (Wire) collaboration 27#11 at myspace: myspace.com/twentyseveneleven" target=_blank>https://www.myspace.com/twentyseveneleven

Listen to Castanets cover The Knife: matickitty.com/akradio/players/akradio_sxsw.php" target=_blank>https://asthmatickitty.com/akradio/players/akradio_sxsw.php